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Fayan Luo's gaze burned, seeming to pierce straight through the thick layers of rock into the dark depths below. He tapped the air with a fingertip, pointing toward a dim set of coordinates. "Look deep underground. Bones cover the ground, and weapons lie tangled together. That's no ordinary tomb, but the remains of an ancient battlefield buried for a thousand years. Amid those mountains of corpses and seas of blood, there's a golden saber untouched by dust. Even after centuries of erosion, its edge still gleams coldly. It must be an exceptional weapon, and its owner must have been the commander of the fallen army." Before he had finished speaking, he became a streak of light and plunged straight toward the ground.
"Are you insane?" Little Bird's startled cry came through the miniature Communicator, her voice full of disbelief. "What are you doing?"
"Getting that saber." The moment Fayan Luo's feet touched the soil, he crouched without hesitation and began clawing at the yellow earth with his bare hands. "If I sensed a treasure's aura, there's no mistaking it."
Xun Uchiha and Little Bird swooped down after him. Little Bird waved her hand, instantly reshaping a rock into a simple iron shovel and handing it over. "Dig with this. It'll save you getting your hands dirty."
Fayan Luo accepted the shovel with a slight frown. "Have you got anything more efficient? Like... an excavator?"
"Keep dreaming," Little Bird replied irritably. "With my current energy reserves, I can manage small, intricate objects. Creating something as huge as an excavator would only exhaust my Dragon Ball essence."
"Didn't you make a Drilling Machine back in South Asia?" Fayan Luo countered, swinging the shovel and sending dust flying. "That doesn't add up, does it?"
"That was an emergency measure. Besides, this is